Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma admits that their top-order not clicking in a 202-run chase costed them despite the heroics of Ishan Kishan and Kieron Pollard in the second half of their innings.
“It was a great game of cricket. We were not in the game at all when we started off with the bat. Great innings by Ishan [Kishan] there and then Polly [Kieron Pollard] was brilliant as usual for us.
“It is just that we couldn’t start well, I thought we could chase 200 with the batting power we have. We didn’t get the momentum in the first 6-7 overs and also lost three wickets,” Sharma was quoted as saying during the presentation ceremony.
Defending only eight runs in the super over, Mumbai spearhead Jasprit Bumrah did well to take the game to the last ball but it wasn’t enough as RCB captain Virat Kohli hit him for a four to win a nail-biter contest.
“I mean seven runs you need to have luck on your side, we had to get wickets but there was also an unfortunate boundary. There are a lot of positives to take away from this game,” Sharma concluded.
